Bard Early College to Offer Virtual Courses for Florida High School Students
BHSEC Manhattan, 2022. Photo by Natalie Keyssar
Starting this month, Bard Early College will offer three tuition-free virtual college courses to high school students in Florida. Participating students who complete the program will receive three transferable college credits from Bard for each course, as well as a Bard College transcript. The subjects include Introduction to Psychology, Introduction to African American History, and Introduction to Gender Studies, and will be taught via Zoom by Bard faculty outside of regular school hours, for two 1.5-hour sessions per week from October 2023 to December 2023.
“Bard Early College is a pioneer with a 20-year track record in providing high school students across the United States with access to college-level education,” said Dumaine Williams ’03, vice president for Early College at Bard. “These virtual courses, offered exclusively to students in Florida, cover educational topics that are under threat or actively blocked in the state, and Bard Early College aims to make these subjects available to the students who wish to study them.”
The courses are designed to engage students’ interest in diverse subjects across the liberal arts and sciences, while also building confidence and fluency in college skills that translate across disciplinary lines, including textual analysis, argumentation and discussion, and college writing. To participate, students must be enrolled in a Florida public high school, in or entering grades 11–12, and must have the written authorization of their parents or legal guardians. To apply, interested students should fill out an application here.
Bard has a long history of bringing a rigorous academic program to young people through the Bard Early Colleges, and has awarded over 4,000 associate in arts (A.A.) degrees to BHSEC students across the Bard Early College network, where over 3,000 students are currently enrolled on nine degree-granting campuses across six states. More than 95 percent of BHSEC students, the majority of whom are first-generation college students and Pell eligible, graduate from high school with at least one year of tuition-free college credit from Bard and a high school diploma. For more information about Bard Early College, visit bard.edu/earlycollege.
Post Date: 10-04-2023
“Bard Early College is a pioneer with a 20-year track record in providing high school students across the United States with access to college-level education,” said Dumaine Williams ’03, vice president for Early College at Bard. “These virtual courses, offered exclusively to students in Florida, cover educational topics that are under threat or actively blocked in the state, and Bard Early College aims to make these subjects available to the students who wish to study them.”
The courses are designed to engage students’ interest in diverse subjects across the liberal arts and sciences, while also building confidence and fluency in college skills that translate across disciplinary lines, including textual analysis, argumentation and discussion, and college writing. To participate, students must be enrolled in a Florida public high school, in or entering grades 11–12, and must have the written authorization of their parents or legal guardians. To apply, interested students should fill out an application here.
Bard has a long history of bringing a rigorous academic program to young people through the Bard Early Colleges, and has awarded over 4,000 associate in arts (A.A.) degrees to BHSEC students across the Bard Early College network, where over 3,000 students are currently enrolled on nine degree-granting campuses across six states. More than 95 percent of BHSEC students, the majority of whom are first-generation college students and Pell eligible, graduate from high school with at least one year of tuition-free college credit from Bard and a high school diploma. For more information about Bard Early College, visit bard.edu/earlycollege.
Post Date: 10-04-2023